1963r2
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Budd
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Try driving across on an angle.
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2 for me
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I thought so.
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My guess of the week is false.
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129 for me. Pb
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I thought they changed color when they got rebuilt. Pb
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I think you use steel washers on steel and rubber washers on fiberglass. Pb
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From memory it is.
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Thanks, I should get it soon then. Pb
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Hello everyone. Just a query, I haven't received an Avanti mag for a while. The last one I got was issue 210, is that the latest one ? Thank Peter
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Thank you 63r2 for the information and the reminder. I should have remembered to look at my parts catalog to see the diagram. I still would not have known the background that you provided. I saw the inlets you described but never questioned what they were for. Now I know. What did you replace your hoses with? OEM (if available) or aftermarket? The first foot or so of the hoses from the top on each side seems OK, so I thought I might try to get a larger hose to slide over it and run it to the shifter area. I left about a 1/2" of the old hoses at the shifter so I can slip the new hoses on. The hoses are 1-1/2". Hopefully this will save some work and achieve what Studebaker tried to do.
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Hi Michael and Peter - About a week after your responses, I finally dealt with the task. It was a slog, but I got it done. I ended up replacing the entire right side. I purchased a pool hose (1-1/2") and a spa hose (1" I.D.}. The spa hose was the only thing that would squeeze between the consul and the control levers. On the left side, the hose was ok until after the bend at the trans hump. I inserted the spa hose the rest of the way. I've reduced the air flow from the original, but it's better than what I had. If I was doing what you are doing Michael, I'd redo it all. Good luck with the install. - George
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I'm glad it worked out George, on to the next thing.
Pb
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The hoses you describe are ducting to cool the shifter/console area. As you describe they terminate at the shifter but they start high behind the dash underneath the grill in front of the windscreen. If you look under the dash in that area you should see two round fittings (one either side of the trans hump) that you attach the other end of the ducting too. If you look through the air vent grills in front of the windscreen (from the outside of the car) you can see where they terminate. The ducting was a later idea from Studebaker to try and lower cabin temperatures. The idea is that fresh air is drawn from that outside vent area and blown onto the shifter area to lower Temps. I only replaced my ducting about a month ago as it had rotted out as well. From memory the ducting was around 2 inches in diameter. Pb
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I put one on my Massey Grey tractor once, as I had a few spares.
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Thanks Jim. Pb